Welcome to our adventerous voyage into biological sciences!
Dear Member of our Independnet Research group,
Welcome to our private wikispace! Here we will get updates, exchange ideas, share files, resources, discuss (argue?), and gradually become a mini-scientific community of our own.
As a good scientist, you start with finding your topic(s) of interest, and expanding your background knowledge in this topic. This may not be your final point of focus, but you've got to start somewhere. So, go about your preliminary research, use any source available - online magazines (e.g. sciencenews.com / sciencedaily.com), classroom materials (there are some neat and high quality pamphlets and booklets you may want to check out), consulting with people you know, digital library (on campus), and more. Once you find points of interests, write down FIVE research questions (see examples below about diabetes).
To-Do list by Wednesday Feb 24th:
1) Choose fields of interest
- Consider the diverse field of biological sciences: Medicine, Agriculture, Gardening, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Natural History/Evolution, Genegtic Engineering, Forensic Sciences, Biochemistry, Bio-engineering, Pharmacology, Environmental Studies, Botany, Zoology, should I continue?). Example: Medicine
- If you are not sure yet, you can start from more than one.
2) Choose research focus area. Example: Diabetes
3) Write five research questions for the focus area. Example:
- Is diabetes inherited?
- How much does diabetes depend on diet and habits?
- How can diabetes be prevented, despite genetic risk?
- What are treatments for diabetes? How can they be improved?
- Which are high risk groups for diabetes, in terms of age, gender, geography, ethnicity?
4) List resources that will help you learn the background, think of what background you need to know. Examples: Wikipedia, NIH brochure, DiabetesType2Management.com,
For example:
- Symptoms, side effects, the different kinds of diabetesare. 4) Set up a binder for your project. Suggested
5) Set up a seperate binder for your research. Suggested tabs: Progress checklist, Team, Resources, Notes, Proposal, Data Collection (drafts and final), Data analysis, Final Paper.
Do not buy dividers! Make them - I have plenty of materials you can use!
6) RESPOND TO the INVITE to the wiki or to any email I send you!
Welcome to our adventerous voyage into biological sciences!
Dear Member of our Independnet Research group,Welcome to our private wikispace! Here we will get updates, exchange ideas, share files, resources, discuss (argue?), and gradually become a mini-scientific community of our own.
As a good scientist, you start with finding your topic(s) of interest, and expanding your background knowledge in this topic. This may not be your final point of focus, but you've got to start somewhere. So, go about your preliminary research, use any source available - online magazines (e.g. sciencenews.com / sciencedaily.com), classroom materials (there are some neat and high quality pamphlets and booklets you may want to check out), consulting with people you know, digital library (on campus), and more. Once you find points of interests, write down FIVE research questions (see examples below about diabetes).
To-Do list by Wednesday Feb 24th:
1) Choose fields of interest
- Consider the diverse field of biological sciences: Medicine, Agriculture, Gardening, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Natural History/Evolution, Genegtic Engineering, Forensic Sciences, Biochemistry, Bio-engineering, Pharmacology, Environmental Studies, Botany, Zoology, should I continue?).
Example: Medicine
- If you are not sure yet, you can start from more than one.
2) Choose research focus area.
Example: Diabetes
3) Write five research questions for the focus area.
Example:
- Is diabetes inherited?
- How much does diabetes depend on diet and habits?
- How can diabetes be prevented, despite genetic risk?
- What are treatments for diabetes? How can they be improved?
- Which are high risk groups for diabetes, in terms of age, gender, geography, ethnicity?
4) List resources that will help you learn the background, think of what background you need to know.
Examples: Wikipedia, NIH brochure, DiabetesType2Management.com,
For example:
- Symptoms, side effects, the different kinds of diabetesare. 4) Set up a binder for your project. Suggested
5) Set up a seperate binder for your research.
Suggested tabs: Progress checklist, Team, Resources, Notes, Proposal, Data Collection (drafts and final), Data analysis, Final Paper.
Do not buy dividers! Make them - I have plenty of materials you can use!
6) RESPOND TO the INVITE to the wiki or to any email I send you!